LETTER: We need a change at the top for Gaston County to progress

Published: Friday, September 20, 2013 at 07:50 PM.

Let’s take a look into the top stories in The Gazette over the last month: rapists, home invasions, kidnappers, meth labs, car jackers and most recently cocaine ring leaders.

No one should be surprised that we have become the home of choice for the bilge of the area since our political leaders, government officials and law enforcement agencies have done everything short of rolling out the welcome mat for this scum. For years our elected officials rubber-stamped every low cost housing/starter home development possible and rejoiced when corporate or out of state interests bought these hovels at foreclosure auctions resulting from the housing crisis.

Who did you think these slum lords were going to rent to? The CEO of Wells Fargo?

Coupled with this are county government officials who look the other way when these properties fall into disrepair bringing down entire neighborhoods and attracting more trash.

Let’s not forget a police force that is good at having four squad cars pull over someone going 37 mph in a 35 mph zone but never seem to see the drug deals, theft or violence until someone gets killed.

If the public wishes to see this county progress, the first step is to flush the current political hacks running the show down the proverbial toilet.

John J. Michalski Gastonia

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Let’s take a look into the top stories in The Gazette over the last month: rapists, home invasions, kidnappers, meth labs, car jackers and most recently cocaine ring leaders.

No one should be surprised that we have become the home of choice for the bilge of the area since our political leaders, government officials and law enforcement agencies have done everything short of rolling out the welcome mat for this scum. For years our elected officials rubber-stamped every low cost housing/starter home development possible and rejoiced when corporate or out of state interests bought these hovels at foreclosure auctions resulting from the housing crisis.

Who did you think these slum lords were going to rent to? The CEO of Wells Fargo?

Coupled with this are county government officials who look the other way when these properties fall into disrepair bringing down entire neighborhoods and attracting more trash.

Let’s not forget a police force that is good at having four squad cars pull over someone going 37 mph in a 35 mph zone but never seem to see the drug deals, theft or violence until someone gets killed.

If the public wishes to see this county progress, the first step is to flush the current political hacks running the show down the proverbial toilet.